this. you need to hold on to those. brian: in boston the boston red sox game was underway in the morning, but an outstanding new england patriot for years. during 9/11 he stood out because one day he came out with flags in both hand and his three fire fighter brothers behind him, all first responders in new york. he created a lot of emotion then and became a national tphaeufplt name. guess who was in the middle of things yesterday in the middle of the explosion? joe andruzi now retired. steve: runs to it. he and his wife were hosting an event on boilston street at the finish line. as soon as they saw a need. he s a big guy and that lady needed to be carted off. megyn: look at that picture. think of the stories we ve
maintain that balance of increasing the security as much as we can without overstepping those bounds. europe, israel and the rest of the middle east have more experience with terrorism. and their security environment reflect that reality. but here in the u.s., there is a delicate balancing act between liberty and security. and it s still a work in progress. bret? bret: steve centanni live here in d.c. steve, thank you. some of the most compelling accounts to come out of boston are from the eyewitnesses. and the people who tried to help. correspondent douglas kennedy has that part of the story. [explosion] the bomb that where to through boilston street took with it lives and dreams. in fact, many people in boston and the nation. especially those who saw the mayhem firsthand. it went off, you know, my ears, you know, just from the compression of the
when the bombs went off. yes. bill: but they wouldn t know because they were, you know, a half mile away or so. you wouldn t know, i guess they would hear the sirens and everything, and then there were enough reporters but they finished the game. yeah. i spoke with a man earlier tonight from st. louis, missouri, he was a quarter mile from the finish line an the crowd on the side of the street. you know, boston loves this street. it s a holiday here in boston. ops patriot s day. some people on the side of the street toward the end of the finish line the crowd was so loud a quarter of the mile from the explosion he never heard it what he described to me is that the race just stopped in front of him. and they were told that literally stop and turn around and go back you won t complete the race. that was his experience at the end. bill: we have got to compliment the boston authorities here. according to emily rooney who was right there, they
you saw strangers helping strangers. i talked to one young man, an eyewitness who was standing in front of the lord & taylor on boylston street. the first explosion was 75 yards to his right as he waited for his gir friend. the second explosion was 25 yards to his left. he saw people with lost losing limbs. he saw strangers tying tourniquets on people s legs. he saw a man jump on two children to cover them from any further blast which thankfully did not occur. but the ultimate scene, lawrence, as you know, as we ve described all day long, is normally one of joy of joy and celebration and a community of spirit. that scene, boilston street, the finish line is unfortunately tonight a murder scene. yeah, mike, you and i have both watched that scene so many times over the years. people coming down boylston street. even the ones coming in six hours after the finisher.
there are a lot of area in that area. bill: all right, chris. we appreciate you taking the time tonight. let s go to george so he can scogill who was a block away from the explosions. can you tell us what you saw there, george? sure. i was actually in a department store i was at lord and taylor in copley plaza. i heard the first explosion and the building shook. there was visible construction going on nearby building. i didn t think did t. was a prank i thought it was construction are demolition thing. the second one went off 10 or 12 singsdz later. people started heading for the exit. so i went outside and i saw spectators just running up the hill away from boilston street. you could smell smoke. i couldn t really see anything but i saw a lot of scared people and crying people. i went back in the